Samuel D. Nicholson

Samuel Danford Nicholson (22 February 1859-24 March 1923) was a US Senator from Colorado (R) from 4 March 1921 to 24 March 1923, succeeding Charles S. Thomas and preceding Alva B. Adams.

Biography
Samuel Danford Nicholson was born in Springfield, Prince Edward Island, Canada in 1859, and he later moved to Michigan and Nebraska before settling in Leadville, Colorado in 1881. He advanced from miner to foreman, and he would later become President of the Western Mining Company. From 1893 to 1897, he served as Mayor of Leadville as the Populist Party candidate, and he unsuccessfully ran for governor in 1914 and 1916. From 1921 until his death in 1923, he served in the US Senate.